Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15144, Gershom Gibbs, Conn. Contineltal

SERVICE
NUMBER
conn. continental.
Gibbs, Gershon
S15144
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CONTENTS

115.
Connecticut Bershom Gibbs dec d .
of  in the State of Conn: who was a Artificer in the  commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by  in the * Conn line for 2 Years
Inc d from $144 Hartford
Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 240 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Ending 22 Sept 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of April 1857 and sent to
L. M. Dunning Canandaigua N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. E. Robinson Clerk.
Book E 2 Vol. 3 Page 18
Continental as Conn. Febr. 1/07. Records completed. R.

In the case of Gershon Gibbs.
Cert. of Prob. Court.
Unif

State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } ss.
Elizabeth Gibbs of Litchfield in said County being duly sworn say that she is a daughter of Gershon Gibbs late of the said Town, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $144. per annum - That the said Gershon at the town aforesaid died on the 22d day of September 1843 - That he left no widow & that he left three children surviving him now living whose names are Horace A. Gibbs of Norwalk Fairfield County & State aforesaid - Huldah Roberts who resides, as this deponent is informed & believes near the town of Winchester in the State of Illinois, & Elizabeth Gibbs this deponent of the town & County aforesaid.
And this deponent further says that her sister Huldah Roberts, was living as aforesaid in the year 1841, since when she has not heard from her, & that the assertion above, with regard to the said Huldah, is based upon information received at that time, & upon no other - And further says not.
Subscribed & sworn this } Elizabeth Gibbs third day of December 1852. }
Before me }
Augustus Mory Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } ss. - Willys Gibbs of Litchfield in said

County being duly sworn says that he has heard read the foregoing affidavit subscribed by Elizabeth Gibbs, & that he knows the facts therein stated to be true - And further says not.
Subscribed & sworn this } 2d day of December 1837 } Before me
Willys Gibbs
Augustus Moray Just of Peace
I certify that I have known Elizabeth Gibbs & Willys Gibbs the above deponents for many years & that I know them to be persons of truth & veracity & whose statements are entitled to implicit confidence. And I do further certify that I know the facts above stated to be true.
Augustus Moray
In re Endorse Notes - Affid. of Eliz. & W. Gibbs

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield District of Litchfield
for - December 3 d A.D. 1850
I Oliver A. G. Todd, Judge of Probate in & for said district do hereby certify that at a probate Court held in & for said District on the 3 d day of December A.D. 1850, it was duly proved by the exhibi- tion of testimony satisfactory to said Court that Gardner Gibbs a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $144. per annum, late a resident of said district died on the 22 d day of September A.D. 1843 - that he left no widow & that he left three children surviving him, whose names are Horace A. Gibbs of Norwalk in said state, Elizabeth Gibbs of the town of Litchfield, & Huldah Roberts, who is supposed to be now living & to reside near the town of Winchester in the state of Illinois -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of this court to be affixed the day & year first above written.
Oliver A. G. Todd Judge
OWT

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } Litchfield February 18 th 1834. September 28 th 1833
Eleventh day of February A.D. 1834
On this ( 28 th September A.D. 1833 ) personally appear- ed, in open Court, before the Hon. Court of Probate, for the District & in the County of Litchfield, now sitting, Gershon Gibbs, aged 83 years, a resident of said town of Litchfield, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832; that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers & served as herein stated (viz)
I was born at Litchfield Ct. July 18 th 1750, & my age is recorded in the Town Records of the said town of Litchfield. I resided in said town when I entered the service of the United States, as hereinafter set forth & now reside here & ever have except for about 16 years between 1805 & 1821 during which I resided in the County of Orange State of New York In the spring of the year 1776 I enlisted in Capt Bozaleel Beebe's company Col Philip Rugg Bradley's Regiment of United States troops (the particulars of my service under which enlistment are stated in a former declaration by me made with a view of obtaining a pension under the pension law of March 1818 said declaration was made in the fore part of the year 1832 and a pension of thirty Dollars per annum was granted to me in 1832 for such service, the pension certificate I herewith return that the amount may be increased on account of services herein after detailed
At the time of making my former declaration I believed that my enlistment in Capt Beebe's company took place in March 1775 & was for nine months, and that is still strongly my impression. I have however been informed that it appears from papers at Washington that the company was not raised until May 1776. If such be the fact I

I could not have served so long as nine months, in Capt Beebe's company for our enlistment expired at the end of the year 1776. I was mustered with Capt Beebe's company when it was first mustered & marched in it to New York—
In February 1778 (on the 26 th day as appears from the rolls herewith sent) I enlisted at said as a private  at  into a company of Artificers to be employed in the service of the United States under Lieut Lamb in a corps commanded by Elisha Painter I enlisted for three years & immediately after enlistment was ordered to Fishkill Lower Barracks where I went and was inoculated & on my recovery I joined Lieut Lamb's company at New Windsor on the North River & spent the spring & summer there, chiefly employed in constructing & sinking, chevaux de frise. In the fall our company was ordered to Danbury Conn t where I went with them. we spent the winter in Danbury in making & repairing carts & wagons for the army & in building continental offices & barns. In the spring 1779 I went with my company from Danbury to the Housatonic River where we built a bridge, called the Carlton bridge across said River; after finishing which our company returned to Danbury, & were there employed in the service of the United States, until in the fall, I was taken sick, & put in the hospital. It was supposed that I laboured under the consumption, & I therefore applied for a discharge, which was granted. I had a written discharge, signed I think by Col: Dury; but I have since lost it. The discharge was given certainly as late as the first of December 1779, & I think later, but dare not say with confidence that it was later than the 1 st of December, up to which time from my enlistment on the 26 th day of Feb. 1778, I was in the constant service of the United States as above stated.—

The officers of our company were Lieut Lamb of Norwich, Ensign Philips, Sergeant Kingsley & Sergeant Tracey. These are the only officers whom I remember who were connected with us. I well remember Genl Putnam whom I saw frequently during my service, & in the winter of 1778-9 I with another member of my company went from Danbury & built a stable for him at Reading Conn.
I have no other documentary evidence of my service but the two rolls of the company herewith sent which have been found among the papers of Lieut Lamb deceased. And there is also among the papers which accompanied my application for a pension in 1832 a certificate signed by Capt Bezaleel Beebe which is now in possession of the War department at Washington. I have for a year past been making diligent inquiry for proof of my aforesaid services but find that all the members of said company are dead except one who I am informed may be alive & living in the State of New Hampshire but being very poor I am unable to bear the expense of attempting to find him. I send herewith the depositions of Sol: Gibbs & Elisha Mason to prove my services in Lieut Lamb's company. I am known to the Rev: Truman Clark Joseph Briggs others who can testify to my character for veracity & to their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Gerhshorn Gibbs
I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State except the State of Connecticut only on that of the Agency in the State of Connecticut.
Gerhshorn Gibbs
In witness whereof the day & year first above written have me
Frederick Wolcott, Index of Documents Rutland District, Conn.

We Truman Marsh a clergyman residing in the town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & Joseph Bridge residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gershon Gibbs who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty three years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Truman Marsh Joseph Bridge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Rev. Truman Marsh who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said town of Litchfield & that Joseph Bridge Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in said town of Litchfield & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Francis Wolcott, Judge of Probate District of Litchfield Connecticut
I Phineas Allen Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District & in the County of Litchfield do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gershon Gibbs for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 11th day of February A.D. 1834.
Phineas Allen Clerk

Original Claim.
Declaration, in order to be placed on the Pension List, under the Act of the 18th of March, 1818.
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss.
On this 5 th day of April 1832, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, Gershon Gibbs resident in said County, aged 80 years; who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, 1st of May, 1820, and 1st of March, 1823; and that the said Gershon Gibbs — enlisted for the term of Nine months on the about the day of middle of March in the year 1776 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by captain Bezaleel Beebe — in the regiment commanded by colonel Philip Burr Bradley in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until his Nine Months expired in Decr 1776 when he was discharged from the service, in or near Fish Kill in the State of New York , where he was a prisoner of the sick & wounded that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State, except Connecticut ; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension; he did make an application 1819, which was rejected for want of sufficient evidence —
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me: nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
That as it relates to my occupation, my ability to pursue it, the number and names of my family residing with me, their ages and their capacity to contribute to their support, I declare as follows, viz. I was a lumberer, but from age & infirmity I am now unable to labour, No member of my family resides with me except my Wife who is aged & infirm
The following schedule contains each article of real and personal estate now owned by the subscriber (except necessary clothing and bedding), viz.
No property whatever.
his Gershon Gibbs mark.

I Solomon Gibbs of Litchfield, County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged seventy three years being duly sworn, do on my oath depose & say that during the Revolutionary war I resided in the said town of Litchfield & was then and still am well acquainted with Gershon Gibbs of said town he being my cousin, I well remember that in the fall or winter of 1778 the said Gershon enlisted into a company of artificers engaged in the service of the United States. During the year 1778 & 1779 I was frequently at the house where the family of the said Gershon resided and inquired concerning the said Gershon who was said to be employed in said company at Danbury. In the month of November 1779 I went to Danbury and there saw the said Gershon. he was still a member of said company, having enlisted as it was said for three years, but he was then in the hospital and as he then appeared to be suffering under a consumption I advised that he should apply for a discharge. Soon after this the said Gershon returned to Litchfield having as he told me obtained a discharge on account of his health. —
Solomon Gibbs
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield }
On this 20th day of September 1833 personally appeared Solomon Gibbs, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Origen S. Seymour, Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Solomon Gibbs and that I know him to be a credible witness and a person of good character for truth
Origen S. Seymour, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the alterations of the figures '1778 & 1779' in the eighth line of the above deposition, and of the figure '1779' in the 11th line of the same, were made before said deposition was sworn to by the above named Sol: Gibbs
Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace

I Elisha Mason of Litchfield, County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged 74 years being duly sworn do on my oath depose & say that during the Revolutionary war and ever since I was well acquainted with Gershon Gibbs of said town in the winter of 1778-9 (if my memory serves me as to the time, tho' I can not speak with certainty) I enlisted in Capt Wilcox's Company of artificers in Col Baldwin's Regiment. - I remember meeting with the aforesaid Gibbs at the Pest house in Fishkill lower barracks, in the latter part of winter or early in the spring after following my enlistment. He was then fisting for the small pox and was in the company of Capt Lamb in the same Regiment aforesaid. I will remember that the said Gibbs did duty in said Lamb's company during the following summer at New Windsor on the North River where part of Capt Wilcox's & part of Capt Lamb's company were employed in sinking Chevaux de frise &c. In the fall the said Gibbs went to Danbury with a part or the whole of his company. I did not see the said Gibbs again during the service my company not again being stationed with Capt Lamb's - my enlistment was for three years & that was the general term of enlistment in the Continental - Elisha Mason
State of Connecticut. County of Litchfield -
On this 20th day of September 1833 personally appeared Elisha Mason signer of the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Elisha Mason & know him to be a credible witness & a man of truth, Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield Feb: 12. 1834
I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Litchfield, hereby certify that Origen S. Seymour Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were taken is & for more than a year past has been a Justice of the Peace for said County & duly qualified according to law to administer oaths & that the signatures to the foregoing certificates which purport to his are genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 12th day of February AD 1834 —
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

Gibbs Gershon
S. 15-144
A Return of Lieut Richard Lamb's Co. of Artificers belonging to a corps commanded by Elisha Painter, dated June 20, 1778. One Muster Roll of part of a Co. of Wheelwrights commanded by Lieut. Richard Lamb belonging to a corps commanded by Elisha Painter, dated June 5, 1778, and signed Henry Rutgers Dy. M. Master.
Eight Receipts; and one order signed by Andrew Comstock and dated Sept. 22, 1778, have been removed from this case for the purpose of transferring the same to the War Dept. at some future time.
They may be found in the safe in the Chiefs Room Q. H. and A. Div.
V.L.M.
Jan'y 16, 1907.
Sent to War Dept. Jan'y 16, 1913.

1939 Jan. 17 - Photo (1 pr) del. to Mr. Geo. Olin Zabriskie (Braud 208) 7 acts. D.W. notified same date - M
15 144 INVALID.
File No. 15 144
Eershon Gibbs
Matrimony Rev War
Act: June 15 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Connecticut N o 135.
Gershon Gibbs
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was an Artificer in the Company commanded by Captain Beebe of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bradley in the Connecticut line for
2 Years / Continental *
and Crown
Records completed Feb y 11/10/78
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 144 Dollars . . . Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Ap l . 1834 and sent to Hon. J. W. Huntington
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 $ 432.00 Pension allowance ending 4 th Sep t " 72.00 $ 504.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book 62 Vol. . . . Page 15.

Connecticut
Gershon Gibbs
of Stockfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bebe of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley in the Connecticut line, for the term of 9 months , from 15 March 1776 to 15 Dec 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of July 1832 and sent to C. B. Sey- mour , Stockfield Conn
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $30. - Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th " 15. - $45. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820 }
7 June 1832
Rec. Book D Vol. 3. fol. 43
★ Continental and Conn.
Records completed Febr. 1, 1907.

Connecticut N o 115.
Gershon Gibbs
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was an Artilleryman in the Company commanded by Captain Dike of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bradley in the Connecticut line for
2 Years
Continental Army Conn.
(upward)
Records completed Febt 1, 1907
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 144 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
$ 20.00
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1834
and Hon. J. W. Huntington
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834. 432.00
Female allowance ending 4 th Sept. " 72.00
$ 504.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acct June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Brundin Clerk, Book 62 . Vol. — Page 15

Connecticut N o 115.
Gershon Gibbs
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Reuben of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bradley in the *Connecticut line for 6 months
(special)
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1834.
$30.00
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of April 1834
O. S. Seymour Litchfield Ct.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. 1834. 60.00
Widow's allowance ending 4 th Sept. 10.00
70.00
5 Revolutionary Claim, } Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book 62 Vol. Page 15
* Continental and Conn. Records completed Feb. 1, 1807.
3- See letter to O. S. Seymour, 23 d April 1834.

Geowhon Gibbs
Not on the
Returned for further evidence of the
The best evidence is the deposition of two disinterested witnesses corroborating the statement of the applicant to whom credibility the Judge can testify -
18 1/2 18 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2

State of New York } In Testimony to the official char- County of Orange } -acter of John Steward as stated in the preceding affidavit and certificate and that his name thereunto subscribed is his own proper hand writing and signa- ture. I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office this 30 th day of May, 1813
J. M. W. Elliott , Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas

Same roll. Gershon Gibbs, adf p 144 per ann
" not 7 Feb
To what time last paid? P d to 4 th Sept. 1843. 1843
Colu
Mr Boyan

Litchfield Feb. 25 th 1819
To whom it may concern — I here by certify that Gershon Gibbs formerly of Litchfield now an inhabitant of Minnisink — Orange County state of N-York was a Soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Bezaleel Beebe and the Regiment commanded by Col. Philip Burr Bradley in the year 1776. — Test. Benjamin Bispell
Orange County ss Litchfield Feb. 25 th 1819
Personally appeared Benjamin Bispell & made solemn Oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above certificate by him subscribed before me John Noble Justice of the Peace

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Long - B... employed H.W. 20 - 1819

Payments to be made at Hartford by the Pres ts W. S. Branch Bank & Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Connecticut
Payable
Recorded by "Wm Allison" Clerk, in Book D Vol. 3 page 43.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, Gershoms Gibbs of the State of Connecticut — who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution — is entitled to receive thirty dollars, and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Acting
John P. Kirtland Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Gershon Gibbs, Esq.
one to $240 per ann., the 2 d 9 former payts at $144 per ann., Commg 4 March 1831 & Endg 22 Sept 1843. Payable to
Horace A. Gibbs, Huldah Roberts & Elizabeth Gibbs, only surv'g children
L. M. Dury, Canandaigua N.Y.

Canandaigua N.Y. March 3 rd 1881
Sir:
Enclosed are papers in the case of Gershon Gibbs - who applies under act of June 1832. for an increase of Pension as an Artificer
Very respectfully
Your obedt Servt
L. M. Drury
James E. Heath Esq
Clerk of Pension Washington

O. S. Seymour Esq. Litchfield Connecticut

Comptrollers Office February 6 th 1834.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that I have carefully examined the rolls of the troops that served in the army of the revolution, & cannot find the name of Jeremiah Gibbs upon any remaining in this Office; nor do I find any account of the company of artificers commanded by Elisha Dancer.
E. Phelps.

Sir I have again examined all the rolls in my Office; & cannot find the name of Mr. Gibbs. I have made a certificate of that fact, which may be required at the Department of War.
No doubt, I think, can exist regarding the success of his application, corroborated by his oath & the master roll of the company. The probability, I think, is, that he served in troops organized in another state, or in the continental Army. I am very
Free St
respectfully Yr de O. Phelps

Payments to be made at Hartford, by the Bers. Fair & Mi. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Issue a new Certificate - & Send it to Hon. J. W. Huntington H.R. - allow him the full pay of an Antip-Cer -
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E 2 Vol.
Page 15 by
R. Bendin Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Gershon Gibbs of the State of Connecticut — who was a private during the Revolutionary War — is entitled to receive twenty — dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four.
Examined and Countersigned.
Found in mutilated condition when opened Jan 10, 1907 aw

State of New York County of Orange } ss. On this twenty fifth day of April in the year one thousand Eight hundred Eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Orange County personally appeared Gershon Gibbs aged sixty seven years, resides in the town of Goshen in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say and on his oath make the following decla- -ration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval forces or service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That he the said Gershon Gibbs enlisted into the service of the United States in the year 1776 in the spring of said Year into the nine months service in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut under Captain Beebe, and went with said Beebe as a common soldier to Burgen point in New Jersey, and from thence to a place called the Englis neighbourhood of said State, and there remained & continued until the next fall of said year 1776 when the father of this deponent took this deponent's place as a substitute, being but a few days previous to the taking of Fort Washington by the British, in which engagement this deponent's father was taken prisoner & died on board a prison Ship according to the best of this deponent's information. Whereby - And further that

he the said Gershon Gibbs enlisted into the service of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight in said County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, into a Company of artificers or mechanicks commanded by Captain Richard Lamb, the said Company for one year being stationed at Danbury in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut that the this deponent continued to serve in the said Corps about two years when he was discharged at Danbury aforesaid being then sick in the hospital, being in the year 1780 that he is in reduced circumstances and wants in need of the assistance of his country for support, that at Danbury aforesaid he had a regular discharge which he has since lost, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services than the above sworn to the day & year aforesaid
before me John Steward
Gershon Gibbs
I John Steward Judge of the court of common pleas, as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Gershon Gibbs did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the secretary for the war department pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated April 25 th 1818 — John Steward

pen: to com: 22 Jan 1832

I William Beebe of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age being duly sworn depose & say that the annexed certificate marked (A) is signed in the proper hand writing of Bezaleel Beebe the said Bezaleel was father of the deponent & the deponent is well acquainted with his hand writing & has no doubt but that the signature of said certificate is in the hand writing genuine the said Bezaleel died about seven years ago William Beebe
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Apr. 2. 1832 Personally appeared William Beebe who hath subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence and made oath to the truth of the same. I am personally acquainted with said William Beebe and know him to be a witness entitled to full credit. Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace
Litchfield July 19 th 1819 To whom it may concern I hereby certify that Jeremiah Gits formerly of Litchfield now an inhabitant of Minisink Orange County State of New York was a soldier in my company in the year 1776 and in a Regiment commanded by Col. P. V. [?] [?] that he engaged in the Continental Army in the Spring of the year 1778. I also certify I was present when he received his discharge from the Continental Army according to my best recollection said Gits served in the Continental Army about two years and was discharged on account of ill health [?]

Gershon Gibbs.

Since the 18th of March, 1818, the following changes have been made in my property.
   Description of property. Names of persons to whom disposed of. Time of sale. Amount of money or description of property received in return.      I have had no property whatever, excepting necessary clothing & bedding since 18 th of March 1818.   
Jeremiah Gibbs mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 5 th day of April 1832 before the said County Court - Certified by Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Jeremiah Gibbs did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 5 th day of April A. D. 1832.
Frederick Wolcott Clerk of County Court, County of Litchfield State of Connecticut.

Gerhom Gilels

Joseph Griswold Lamb of Norwich in the county of New London State of Connecticut aged fifty years being duly sworn doth on his oath testify and say that his Father Capt. Richard Lamb died about twenty three years ago, that the deponent has always understood & believes that his Father was a Lieutenant & subsequently a Captain of a company of Artificers in the Army of the Revolutionary war, and that the papers hereto annexed marked with the initials of the deponents name; viz, J. G. L. were left by the said Richard and have always been kept by the deponent, since the death of the said Richard in an old pocket book, it being the same pocket book that they were kept in by the said Richard while in life, and the deponent further says that he knows that paper No 1, marked J. G. L. as aforesaid is in the hand writing of his said Father. The deponent further says that the annexed papers marked from A. to I, inclusive with the initials J. G. L. which prove that his father commanded the said company of artificers have been always kept by the deponent since his father's death in the said pocket book - that all the other papers of his father went into the possession of his brother Leonard Lamb & were burnt about twenty-two years ago, when the house, in which his said brother lived, with all its contents, was consumed by fire, and I well recollect that there were many papers in a chest relating to my father's services in the war such as muster rolls &c, which were in the possession of my brother as aforesaid and further the deponent saith not
Joseph G. Lamb
State of Connecticut } County of New London November 11 th 1833.
Personally appeared Maj. Joseph G. Lamb well known to me as a credible witness and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition. Before me
John Hyde Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that John Hyde Esq. of Norwich, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London, State of Connecticut, & that his signature to the above certificate, is in his own proper hand writing. J. W. Huntington Representative in Congress for the State of Connecticut. Nov 12 1833

James Binger Elaine Gibbs - affidavit ,

I James Brige of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age depone & say that in the spring of 1776 I enlisted into Capt Bozaleel Bube's company in Col Philip Burn Bradeley's regiment of the Connecticut line of the Continental army that in the same spring Gershon Gibbs now of said Litchfield enlisted for the term of nine months into the same company, the said Gibbs did duty with me in the same company till a few days about the time of the capture of Fort Washington after that capture I went to the Jerseys & did not see the said Gibbs any more he having as I understood gone up the Hudson River with the sick, - I hope Cook was during the above period Lieutenant of said Company & Wait Beach was Ensign thereof - The above facts I testify to from personal knowledge - James Brige
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Ap. 2 d 1832 Personally appeared James Brige who signed the foregoing affidavit in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me. The said Brige is personally known to me & is a witness entitled to full credit, Origen S. Seymour, Justice of the Peace -

I Almon Gibb, of Litchfield County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age being duly sworn do testify & say, that in the Spring of 1776 I was a member of Capt Bezaleel Beebe's company in Col o Philip B. Bradley's Regiment in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment. In March 1776 my brother Gershon Gibb, who is now making an application for a pension & who lives in Litchfield aforesaid enlisted for the term of nine months into said Capt Beebe's company. The said Gershon did duty in that company with me till shortly after the capture of Fort Washington When we were separated he went up the river with the sick and wounded and I went down to the Jersey. The above facts I testify to from personal knowledge, and I have always understood that the said Gershon served out his full term of enlistment but have no personal knowledge on that subject after the taking of Fort Washington —
Almon Gibb
Litchfield County, p Litchfield Ap l 5. 1882
Personally appeared Almon Gibb, who subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me, & I hereby certify that said Almon Gibb is a credible Witness — Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace,

James Phipps Moses Estlin affidavit
State of Connecticut
Office of the Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield
I. Frederick Wolcott Clerk of said Court hereby Certify that Origen S. Seymour Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the date of the same & is still is a Justice of the Peace for said County & duly authorized to administer oaths & that the aforesaid signatures purporting to be his are in his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 5th day of April
A.D. 1832
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

To the Hon:
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City.

Litchfield Conn t . Feb. 12. th 1834.
To the Hon: The Commissioner of Pensions.
I send herewith the pension certificate of Mr. Gershon Gibbs of this town, and an application for an increase of pension on account of services which were not mentioned in his former declaration. The reason why the services now claimed, were not detailed in his former application, is that he then applied under the act of March 1818. By referring to his former papers, which were sent on in the winter or spring of 1832, you will find among them, if I remember rightly, a certificate signed by Capt Bezaleel Beebe which will corroborate Mr. Gibbs's statement if indeed it the rolls & depositions herewith sent should require corroboration. — Mr. Gibbs has rec d payment on his certificate herewith sent up to 4 th Sept r last.
With respect
your obl serv t
O. S. Seymour

State of New York
Coastland County — Sps. Solomon Dickinson of the
town of Cincinnatus in said county, being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that he this deponent, in the year, 1776, resided in the town of Litchfield in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut — that this deponent, in the month of June, as he believes or fore part of July, in said year, 1776, enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Beebe, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Philip B. Bradley in the continental Army of the Connecticut line — that this deponent on thus enlisting, immediately went into the service, in said Company & Regiment, until the capture of Fort Washington by the British, in the month of November, as said deponent thinks, in said year, 1776 — said deponent was then sick in the Hospital, but was soon removed to Fishkill, & this deponent remained at Fishkill until about the first of January following, according to his best recollection, when his friends came after him, and the officers being in captivity, & no one to give a discharge, and the time of his enlistment being out, a nearly so, he went home —
And further, this deponent saith, that he was then, and was for many years after, personally, well acquainted with Gershon Gibbs of said Litchfield, and that said Gibbs, when this deponent enlisted, as aforesaid, was a soldier in said company and regiment, and deponent understood he was one of the first that enlisted in the spring of said year, 1776, in said company, and said Gibbs, was, to the knowledge of this deponent a soldier in said company all the time this deponent was, doing duty in the same company with this deponent, and

The said Gibbs, after this deponent was removed to Fishkill, as aforesaid, came and attended upon the sick there & upon this deponent among others, until deponent went home as aforesaid. And further saith not -
Solomon Dickinson
State of New York
Cortland County - ss.
Personally appeared, Solomon Dickinson, who signed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, before me - And I hereby certify that the said Solomon Dickinson is a credible witness.
Done this 16 th day of June in the year, 1832 -
Oliver Kingman Judge of
Cortland County Com. Pleas
State of New York
County of Cortland
Clerk's Office
I, Samuel Stotchkep Jr. Clerk of the said County Do hereby certify that Oliver Kingman Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit was taken, was at the date of the same a Judge of Cortland County Com. Pleas and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and rightly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of June A.D. 1832.
Sam Stotchkep Jr. Clerk

April 22 d 1887
To The Hon. The Commissioner of Pensions Washington City.
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Litchfield (Conn t ) Ap d 18. 1834
To the Hon The Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, I this evening rec d your favour of the 14 th instant concerning Gershon Gibbs's claim for a pension. In it you say "He had previously applied under the act of 1818, but does not appear to have succeeded, If he was the individual who served in Lamb's company of artificers, it is most extraordinary that this service never occurred to him, as it would have established his claim without dispute or question - the name of Gershon Gibbs being borne upon the rolls of artificers in this office. It must therefore be presumed until proof of identity of the most conclusive character is produced that Gershon Gibbs who belonged to the artificers was a different individual from the claimant". I am very happy in having evidence in my hands to show conclusively that the presumption made against Mr. Gibbs is without foundation. The presumption against him is founded on the fact that  it never occurred to him in making application under the act of 1818 that he served in Capt Lamb's company. I have in my possession Mr. Gibbs's original application made in 1818 in which he explicitly states his service under Capt Lamb , and on that application is an indorsement made at the department of war which shows that from the want of a thorough examination of the rolls he has for the last sixteen years been deprived of a pension to which he was justly entitled. I have sent that original application to

to the Hon J. W Huntington who will present it to you I send it to him because Mr. Huntington knows facts which show the identity of the claimant with the Gershon Gibbs whose name appears on the rolls, which I sent. As the presumption against Mr. Gibbs rests wholly on a mistake in supposing that it never occurred to him that lately that he served in Capt Lamb's company I have therefore taken no pains to procure any further evidence & shall not until I hear from you. If you still have any doubts on the subject I will endeavour to find evidence to remove them and I ought perhaps to state that when Mr. Gibbs first applied to me to make application for him in 1831 or 1832 he told me fully of his service in Capt Lamb's company but if I rightly recollect nothing was said about it in his declaration and it was entirely by my advice that it did not appear on the declaration. His application was under the act of 1818 I doubted whether his service in Capt Lamb's company entitled him to a pension under that act and I supposed that he made out a case to a full pension by the service in Capt Beebe's company alone. — You will however find in Capt Beebe's certificate mention of Mr Gibbs's service in the company of artificers & also of his service in his (Capt Beebe's) company. This certificate shows that the Gershon Gibbs who served in Capt Beebe's company is the same who served as an artificer — and if I do not much mistake Sol. Gibbs & Elisha Mason both swear distinctly that the applicant did serve to their personal knowledge in Capt Lamb's company these deponents are both men of strict integrity & were well acquainted with the applicant then & still are & cannot well be mistaken. —
Very Respectfully your obt servt.
O. S. Seymour
P.S. I have not yet recd. the certificate when I do I will return it. —

July 10 1832
Central Office
Postmark: NEW YORK JUL 10 1832
Upon the return of this envelope

Ditchfield (Conn) July 6. 1832
To the Hon The Secretary of War,
Sir, Inclosed are papers in support of the claim of Gershon Gibbs of this town for a pension under the act of 1818. The papers were in part presented last winter by the Hon J. W. Huntington and were returned for further evidence as to the time of his leaving the army . Since the return of the papers the deposition of W. Sol o Dickinson has at considerable labour been been obtained and is herewith inclosed. I trust that his deposition will be satisfactory on that subject - The company of Capt Bube finds much difficulty in procuring their pensions from the circumstance that they were very much cut up at Fort Washington and but few of them are living & from the fact that as I am informed the Roll of that company is either very imperfect or totally wanting at the Department. I also inclose the deposition of Benj t Bippell which was not sent on before, Bippell was a pensioner, but is dead , the deposition is not regularly taken, it is merely sent as perhaps of some weight in confirmation of the other testimony. Very respectfully your ob t serv t Origen S. Seymour

Pension papers
To the Hon. The Secretary of War Washington City,
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George Olin Zabriskie 322 Maryland Ave N.E. Washington D.C.
Phone-Work Box 2087.
— Jan 13, 1939 —
— Bershon Gibbs . 515144

BA-J/MLB NO. 446
JANUARY 13, 1939
REV. & 1812 WARS SECTION XXXXXXXX
War & Navy, Branch 970
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Rev. War claim for pension of Gersham Gibbs, File No. S. 15144
Actual      one of page
This page was the affd. of Elizabeth Gibbs that she was Lan. T. Gersham Gibbs - dated Dec 3, 1850, the page ended with an unfinished sentence "Willys Gibbs of Litch field in said"
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Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 inches at top of page and return paper in case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.& 1812 Wars Section

January 17, 1939
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Mr. George Olin Zabriskie 322 Maryland Avenue, N. E., Washington, D. C.
am GERSHOM GIBBS S. 15144 BA-J/MCHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
You are furnished herewith, as requested, photostatic copy of one page of the original thereof, on file in the claim for pension, S. 15144, based upon service of Gershom Gibbs in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator